AIA Middle East Events Calendar

AIA Middle East plans to organize a series of events including project tours, lectures by regional and international architects and professionals in the construction industry, film series, and panel discussions of relevant issues. These events will create a forum for the exchange of ideas and networking among industry professionals. For AIA members, these events will be recognized by AIA for continued education points.

Downtown Design | DUBAI

Downtown Design, the region’s only quality-driven design trade fair, returns for its fourth edition as the commercial centrepiece of Dubai Design Week this October (25-28). Bringing together over 100 brands from 25 countries, the event has become an important fixture in the design calendar for both international brands and buyers from the MENASA region and will once again be held at the Dubai Design District (d3), the creative heart of the city.

One of the world’s fastest growing trade fairs, Downtown Design carefully reviews every exhibitor application to provide visitors with high quality and innovative contemporary design from established and emerging brands. Featuring furniture, lighting, bathrooms, kitchens, textiles and accessories, the fair presents an opportunity to discover new launches and fresh talent across all categories.

Each day of the fair features a series of industry talks and panel discussions, showcasing the young and flourishing design industry of Dubai and the surrounding region. Combined with a developing Buyers Programme that now activates the wider region, Downtown Design further expands its reach to become the place for the design industry to come together and do business in October.

MERIT AWARD
OUTWARD BOUND OMAN DESERT CENTER
23 DEGREES NORTH @23degreesn
Jury Comments:
“Creating a sense of space and place where there is little place. Contextual and unique with a sensitivity to its environment. Its not generic; it has a story and it was born for this particular place. The south façade had a marvelous vernacular texture.”
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HONOR AWARD
MOSQUE OF LIGHT
Studio Niko Kapa
Jury Comments:
“ This is a very beautiful proposal for a truly experiential building. it is an outstanding and sensible project. There is particular poetry in the presentation, that was unique among all the submissions.”
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MERIT AWARD
KUWAIT UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES BUILDING
PACE Architecture and Engineering + Planning @pacemiddleeast
Jury Comments:
“The shading screens make for very interesting skin on the varied forms of all the building; they are modern interpretations of traditional patterns. The dramatic interiors are distinctive among all of the submissions.”
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